military alliance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmilitaryandalliance
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military
adjective
uk/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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alliance
noun[C]
uk/əˈlaɪ.əns/us/əˈlaɪ.əns/
a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandalliancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have no entanglingmilitaryalliance.
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This is not amilitaryalliance.
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They do not form amilitaryalliance.
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We do not want amilitaryalliance.
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That is putting at risk this most successfulmilitaryalliance.
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Certainly it lost its might and ceased to function as amilitaryallianceas its security functions were assumed by state agencies.
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I hope that any suchmilitaryalliancewill be proved to be completely unnecessary.
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For instance, he pointed out that he was bringing about amilitaryalliance.
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It is possible to hold that concept of what amilitaryallianceis about.
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It is very useful and valuable but it is a diplomatic andmilitaryalliance.
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The security arrangements and themilitaryalliancewhich we had in place were working well.
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A common international policy is essential to the permanence of amilitaryallianceof this type.
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Clearly, amilitaryalliancecannot last if there is an economic difference of opinion.
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The exercise was designed to enable the participating units to practise small-scalemilitaryallianceoperations.
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In the 21st century, it should be an enduring political andmilitaryallianceamong sovereign states.
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It must be a political as well as amilitaryalliance.
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We trade with them all, but we have nomilitaryalliancewith any of them.
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Is it to continue to be a defence organisation—a puremilitaryalliance?
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One member of a seriousmilitaryallianceis deliberately hampering the agreed military activities of another.
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However, the principle has been used by amilitaryalliance, an expression of brute force.
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Nor is there the automaticmilitaryalliancewhich brings and binds people so closely together.
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I, therefore, welcome themilitaryallianceinto which we have entered.
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We cannot accept the multifarious commitments which are not the role of a defensivemilitaryalliance.
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Themilitaryalliancebegan poorly.
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